ABA Mediator Evaluation Program

WELCOME TO THE ABA MEDIATOR EVALUATION PILOT PROGRAM

You have been selected to participate in the ABA Mediator Evaluation Pilot Program to help gauge the efficiency, effectiveness and feasibilty of the evaluation process. We appreciate your participation and thank you.

This mediator evaluation program was developed by a sub-committee of the ABA’s Section of Dispute Resolution Mediation Committee. The purpose of the program is to provide feedback to mediators from people who have used their mediation services. The feedback is intended to assist the mediator in improving his or her skills and assist in identifying training needs as well as improving confidence in the mediation process by providing participants with a confidential process for evaluating mediator performance. The program may also assist the Section in developing future training programs and increase confidence in the use of mediation services. The information is solely for the mediator and will not to be available to anyone else.

At the end of the survey participants will directed to an additional form. The ABA also some additional information for statistical purposes only and on an anonymous basis.

Participants must be members of the ABA and its Dispute Resolution Section.

Mediators are encouraged to refer to the evaluation program in their promotional materials and initial correspondence to participants and to request inclusion in the submission agreement of a provision that the parties and their counsel agree to provide evaluations.

Mediators and participants are also requested to submit a separate form provided with the evaluation form on an anonymous basis which seeks some additional information to the ABA for statistical purposes only.